The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…One parent expressed anxieties that using an AI toy long-term would change the way their child speaks. Then there's social play. Both chatbots and this first cohort of AI toys…
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AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
…And no wonder the idea of letting AI replace the voice of humans is so attractive to news publishers. Those relying on “AI-assistance” claim that these stories are not replacing the…
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…a partnership with Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike to deploy his new private AI technology, known as Confer, for Meta AI. The move, announced by Marlinspike this week, could protect millions of conversations…
X’s Big Bot Purge Wiped Out a Lot of People’s Secret Porn Feeds
…More recently, X’s AI chatbot Grok was widely scrutinized after users exploited its image-editing feature to generate sexualized, nonconsensual deepfakes of women and minors, raising safety and legal concerns. Even…
The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths
…liability claims against generative AI companies are the most straightforward and intuitive path for holding companies like ChatGPT, Character AI, Grok liable.” One such harmful design feature that Amaurie’s lawsuit cites…
The 19 Most Exciting Cars at the Beijing Auto Show 2026
…It also features an AI assistant that can be operated by voice and gestures. Its maximum range as an EV is over 248 miles, and it can travel more than 990 miles…
Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Google introduced a dramatic redesign of the Fitbit app last year in public beta, centered around a new AI-powered Health Coach chatbot that can provide guidance on anything and everything from…
Meet the Gods of AI Warfare
…Here would be the first real US test of AI at war on a large scale. “October 7th everything changed,” Schuyler Moore, the chief technical officer at CENTCOM, told me, referring to…
Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal
…The results suggest that a future where chatbots and AI agents take over ecommerce is still a way off, if it ever materializes. Last year, OpenAI made a bet that it could…
The Battle of the $400 Digital Notebooks: Meet the Winner
…However, the older second-generation Kindle Scribe ($400) is still available for a little cheaper and with a front light, but without some other features (primarily AI and connectivity, so nothing major…